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Discussion Tools: The signature does not detected if the user link is based on the user ID.
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User page links can be created using either User:Username, Alias:Username, or the user ID. However, discussion tools only recognize signatures if the signature includes a link to the user page, talk page, or Special:Contributions using the username.
Example: https://test2.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:WikiBayer
Not detected signature --[[Special:Redirect/user/11449|UserID:11449]] 15:09, 14 June 2026 (UTC)

Software version (on Special:Version page; skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia):
1.47.0-wmf.6 (rMW52a3428c2ee5)

  1. Jun. 2026, 16:30:04

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WikiBayer created this task.Jun 14 2026, 3:19 PM
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Doing this would break current workarounds for sigs containing other links to userspace. Please just follow usual conventions.

Esanders subscribed.Jun 15 2026, 9:27 AM

I agree that while you could argue this is technically a compliant signature - we do expect a direct link to the user or user_talk page. Having to resolve a redirect would add unnecessary complexity.

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